Head-rest attachment.



No. 792,669. v "PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905. J. S. SCHAFF.

HEAD REST ATTACHMENT.

AYPLIOATION FILED AUG.18, 1904.

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No. 792,669. PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905.

J. S. SGHAFF.

HEAD REST ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB S. SCHAFF, OF DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS.

HEAD-REST ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,669, dated June 20, 1905.

Application filed August l8 1904:. Serial No 221,2 l2.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AOOB S. SoHAFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Des -Plaines, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Head-Rest Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention embodies a peculiar construction of head-rest and supporting means therefor, adapted especially to be used in connection with chairs or the like to afford a convenient support for the head.

The essential feature of the invention is to provide a head-rest attachment of the class described susceptible of various adjustments and of such a structure as to be readily secured to chairs of different styles when in use and comprising an arrangement of parts so mounted as to enable one to quickly disassemble such parts, so that they will occupy a minimum amount of space when the device is not in use.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the invention applied to a common type of carchair at present in use. Fig. 2 shows the invention attached to a different style of chair. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the head-rest and attachment therefor. Fig. 4 is a perspective view, parts broken away, showing the support for the head-rest, bringing out the exact construction thereof. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 00 w of Fig. 3 looking-in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view through the head which secures the head-rest at the desired adjustment. Fig.7 isadetail plan view, partially broken away, showing the means for attaching' the head of the head-rest to the supporting member. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the head-rest, the adjustable head thereof being removed.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The invention is specially advantageous for use in passenger-coaches of railways, being readily adapted for attachment to car-chairs, so as to form a convenient rest for the head of the passenger and relieve the jar and vibration usually incident to resting the head against the back of the chair in'the ordinary manner.

Generally describing the same, the attachment consists principally of a support 1, adapted to be attached to a chair, a vertical adjustable supporting member 2, carried by the support 1, and the head-rest 3, adjustable upon the member 2 aforesaid. The support 1 is preferably of metal and may be of cast or other formation, as found most desirable, said support 1 being suitably backed by means of a pad 4, of fabric or like material, so that the attachment of the support to a larger or like part will not injureor damage the latter in any way. The support 1 is provided with vertical openings 5, the latter being formed in lugs 6, arranged at the upper and lower edge portions of said support. The openings 5, adjacent the ends of the support 1, receive vertical attaching-bars 7, the latter being pro vided at their upper end with engaging members'in the form of hooks 8. The hooks 8 of the attaching-bars 7 are designed to engage over the upper portion of the back of a chair in supporting the attachment thereon, and the bars 7 are secured to the support 1 by means of set-screws 9, which are carried by the uppermost of the adjacent lugs 6 and which positively engage the said bar 7 in a manner readily apparent. The support 1 is vertically adjustable upon the bars 7, so that said support may be elevated or lowered at will in order to secure corresponding adjustment of the head-rest 3. In certain instances it is desirable to attach the support 1 by means of a strap 10 or the like, said strap 10 being passed through openings 11 in the support and adapted to pass about adjacent parts of the back of curve downwardly andj towardeach otlier be? a chair, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. It will be understood that the strap may be usedv withorwithout the hook-bars 7 since the strap is designed to support the attachment in either way.

The vertically-adjustable supporting member 2, mentioned above, which directly su s-. tains the head-rest 3, consists of a vertical'bar from which projects a horizontal arm 12, said arm 12 carrying an adjustable headg 1 3", to which the head-rest is secured. The head 13 is provided with a transverse opening 14:, through which the arm 12 passes, and jam and clamp nuts 15 and 16 are threaded upon. the end of the arm 12, so as to cooperate with the, h a l3anc lprlop n v p sitionl a head at an ascertained adjustment. rotatable uponthe arm 12', and; the; nutte is adapted to.be. readily manipulated; in ordento, properly adjust theheadzrest as. above, described.

. Thehead-rest 3 comprises a, spring-frame 17, said frame being; madmpnefera-bly, Of spring-wireof suitable gage and remo-vably attachedto the head;1,3. The fnameL'Z is com;

posed of side bars 1 7?, cunvedbetween their l ends,- and end, bars 1= 7 The side bags 17? ing secured at points intermediate thein-endsto the head; 13. TheheadlB is providedwith o it d n yr v p rt n :8 .re i-v n 1 h d r 7f f: he f-mn e 1mm a d. bars are prevented from displacement from the gnooves 118 by means of a threaded rod 195 Which passes throughthehead in-.such-,a manner as to confine the bars 17* in the grooveswhen the heaclK-restisin use, saidlrod 1=9 being readily removable, however,- in orv-e d n ad o plac m nt o t e n melft 5 from the head 13.

ltwillgbe.understoodthatanysuitablemeans; may beeutilized to secunethe frame L7; to the head; 13, n a ham o k Qrfle iblfi QveRiHg: 20 is attached; to the frame 117 sol that thehead may rest thereagainst. The-covering 20j a be ade-1mm canvas or like mat riala andsecured to the framelKv by any suitabletta h nsm t beinsl r chedrgandi rried by theeend-gbars 17 'OfSaidframe The spring; constnuction of thefname 11K for-ms avsont Of! cushion forthe head whenresting -against the 12 M 20, and this is. treme y dvanta nlthat all vibra i and j m s a ly common to the car-chairs during motiomot thecar is-absorbed withrelief to the one using; 1

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T he member 2 which carries the head -r est 3, is,supported by the part l', a nd in or dertol ventieally-adjustthismemher the vertical bar 1 o m a; p rt h e s nga aclarnp member; 2 1,spaced from the lupper-p-portionof; 1

.r ingintothe body of the support 1.

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the support 1 and preferably integral therewith. The clamp member 21. isadjl stable by means. Ofi a set-.screw 2 2 thesetscrew passing through one end of the member 21 and screw- Proper adjustment of the set-screw 22 will cause the .memben 21 to bind: against or release the vertical' bar ofthe member 2, so that a proper desired adjustment of said member 2 may be had; The heaclirest 3 may be elevated or lowered by adjusting the member 2 relative to the support 1, and said head-rest may also be vertically adjusted by adjusting the supmouth uponthe supporting-bars 7. Both of :the above vertical adjustments may be utilized, if necessary;

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n e tim ny when ofzlrafl xmy gnat re in pnesenceof two? witnesses BELEG' H"; 1.1213 2;v H; L, BEGIL,

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